MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMY OF ARMENIA HAS 50 VACANCIES
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FILLED FOR A 1.5-YEAR

YEREVAN, MARCH 25. ARMINFO. The Ministry of Finance and Economy of
Armenia has 50 vacancies that have not been filled for a 1.5-year.
Minister of Finance Vardan Khachatryan says during a regular
examination for one of the vacancies.

He says that the ministry needs chief specialists and even heads
of the department at a salary of 40-90,000 AMD. The minister says
that this salary is not high, but it is higher than pensions and
allowances in the republic. He says that examinations to the post of a
civil servant at the ministry are no so difficult, besides there are
promotion funds at the ministry, which double the salary. At present
some 750 people work at the ministry and the minister complains of
lack of qualified specialists.

Today, 10 applicants passed examination for the vacant post of
the first class specialist of the department of methodology of the
department of development of financial market and currency settlement
(34,000 AMD salary). It is only the first step to climb up the
ladder. The examinations are held in Armenia in connection with the
Law on civil servant that came into effect two years ago. The present
contest was the 2,000th in succession. On the whole, there are 7,200
civil servants and 250 vacancies in Armenia. Specialists say that the
posts connected with control, licensing and certification are highly
in demand unlike the others.